LOCAL COLLEGES: Lady Royals roll past Susquehanna

The University of Scranton shot a season-high 50.8 percent from the field and forced 23 turnovers to roll to an 82-54 win over host Susquehanna University in a Landmark Conference women's basketball game Saturday.

Jaclyn Gantz led Scranton with 14 points and Erin Boggan added 14 points, seven rebounds and three blocks. The Lady Royals also shot a season-high 52.9 percent on 3-pointers.

Gwynedd-Mercy 69

Marywood 65

At Scranton, Gwynedd-Mercy College used an early second-half run to pick up the Colonial States Athletic Conference win.

Gwynedd-Mercy led by six at halftime, but Marywood quickly tied the score early in the second half. Gwynedd-Mercy answered with a 17-4 run over the next 8:17 to pull away.

At Purchase, N.Y., Wilkes University weathered a second-half rally to earn its second straight win in MAC Freedom action.

Chris Shovlin led the Colonels with 20 points and Tyler Breznitsky scored 12.

FDU-Florham 54

King's 50

At Wilkes-Barre, a late rally fell short for King's College as FDU-Florham picked up the win in MAC Freedom play.

The Devils led, 52-43, with 41 seconds left but King's quickly cut the deficit to four on a layup by Joe Caffrey and a 3-pointer by Keyton Winder with 25 seconds remaining.

FDU-Florham hit a pair of free throws and sealed the win after King's missed two jumpers.

Winder led the Monarchs with 16 points.

Misericordia 66

DeSales 55

At Dallas, Steve Ware scored a game-high 22 points and added nine rebounds to lift Misericordia University in the MAC Freedom.

DeSales trailed by three at halftime and cut the deficit to one three minutes into the second half. But the Cougars broke out on a 15-4 run to pull away.

Joe Busacca added 20 points off the bench for the Cougars.

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